Set phasers to kill! Star Trek Beyond blasts to the top of the U.S. weekend box office with a $59.6m haul

There really wasn't anything at the box office this weekend to beat it.

Star Trek Beyond, the third movie in the rebooted space franchise, proved that by beaming up a hefty $59.6 million in ticket sales this weekend, knocking The Secret Life Of Pets into second place, according to Box Office Mojo.

Boldly going: Star Trek Beyond took the No.1 spot at the box office this weekend with its $59.6 million haul, among the largest openings of the summer so far

However, despite this being one of the best openings of the summer so far, Beyond actually earned less than its predecessors: 2009's Star Trek bowed to $75.2 million while 2013's Star Trek Into Darkness nabbed $70.2 million.

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It also bowed in a number of foreign markets, adding $30m to its take for a global figure of $89.6million.

The Secret Life Of Pets, which sat and stayed at No. 1 for two weeks, retrieved $29.3 million in its third week for a stunning domestic total of $260.7 million and a worldwide $323.7 million.

They look surprised: The furry animated stars of The Secret Life Of Pets continued to enchant family audiences earning $29.3 million to put it in second place after two weeks at the top

It beat the weekend's other big animation opener, Ice Age: Collision Course, which was thoroughly frozen out, landing in fifth place with just $21 million - a surprise for the normally high-earning family franchise.

On the plus side, foreign audiences still love Manny the mammoth, Sid the ground sloth and Diego the sabre toothed tiger, voiced respectively by Ray Romano, John Leguizamo and Denis Leary.

It earned another $178.9 million for a massive global take of almost $200 million.

No wonder they looked shocked: Ice Age: Collision Course bombed with just $21 million domestically in its first weekend. The normally popular franchise was saved by foreign audiences, nabbing $200 million glabally

Hanging in there: Tied for fourth place, Ghostbusters earned $21.6 million for a global take of $123 million after two weeks, still well below its reported $144 million budget

Rounding out the top five, Ghostbusters and the micro-budget chiller Lights Out both earned $21.6 million, tying for fourth place.

It was the second weekend for the female reboot of the comedy, starring Melissa McCarthy, which has now scared up a domestic total of $86.9 million and $123 million worldwide, still well below its reported $144 million budget.

By comparison, Lights Out, starring Teresa Palmer, Billy Burke and Maria Bello has more than recouped its $4.9 million budget with a global take of just under $30 million.

Chiller thriller: Also in fourth, horror flick Lights Out has more than recouped its $4.9 million budget, scaring up $21.6 million domestically and just under $30 million worldwide